NIGERIA The law faculty of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) will be permitted to accept new students again…
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Nigeria: Lawyer Visits Ailing Lecturer, Says ‘His Blood Will Be On the University’
A Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, on Monday, paid a visit to the ailing Nigerian lecturer, Inih Ebong, who…
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14 million Nigerian children deprived of education – Punch Newspapers
THE recent reminder by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that 14 million Nigerian children are deprived of educational opportunities is an…
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Fragile normalcy returns to University of Lagos
NIGERIA The establishment of a special Visitation Panel at Nigeria’s University of Lagos (UNILAG) and the election by the university…
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Nigeria: ASUP Kicks As Bida Poly Rector Remains in Office After Retirement
The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, Dr. Dzukogi Abubakar has retired from the service of the institution…
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Nigeria: Alleged N5 Billion Fraud – Suspended Unilag VC, Ogundipe, Dragged Before EFCC
Abuja — The suspended Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatosin Ogundipe, has been dragged before the Economic…
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Nigeria: That the Universities May Thrive
Ile-Ife — Ayorinde Ogunruku argues that university education is being smothered by corruption and special interests. Universities in Nigeria, at…
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Nigeria: How Legal Is the UNILAG Visitation Panel and Its Terms of Reference?
In seeking to intervene in the University of Lagos saga, the Ministry of Education has compounded the issues in the…
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Nigeria: SSANU Faults Buhari On Composition of Special Visitation Panel At UNILAG
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, Monday faulted the composition of Special Visitation Panel on the University of…
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Nigeria: Unilag – Illegalities of Visitation Panel and Its Terms of Reference
The University of Lagos saga began with the removal of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe on Tuesday, the 12th of…
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Does the new sexual harassment bill unfairly target academics?
NIGERIA Several academics say a Bill aimed at preventing the sexual harassment of students by academic staff is superfluous and…
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Nigeria: UNILAG – Why We Removed Ogundipe – Babalakin
The crisis rocking the University of Lagos, UNILAG, took a new turn at the weekend as the Chairman of the…
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Nigeria: Unilorin Wins $80,000 Grant for Research Into Disability Rights in Nigeria
The University of Ilorin says its Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, recently won the Open Society Initiative for West…
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Buhari Bows To Pressure, Launches Probe Against Magu, EFCC | General News
President Muhammadu Buhari appeares to have bowed to public pressure to empanel a judicial commission of enquiry into the financial…
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Jailed university academics participate in peace talks
CAMEROON Two of the six university teachers sentenced to life imprisonment by a Cameroonian military tribunal ‘for acts of secession’…
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Revised 2020 Budget: Education and other concerns
By Jerome-Mario Utomi ADVERSITY comes in many forms-acute, cyclical, long-term and systemic. It sometimes affects individuals or single firms; other…
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Parents, school admins, govt officials could get jail time for depriving children of free basic education – The Sun Nigeria
Billy Graham Abel, Yola The Legal Defense and Assistance Project (LADEP) has explained to media practitioners in Adamawa that the…
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Nigeria: House Urges Buhari to Reopen Schools
Ado-Ekiti — The House of Representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order a partial reopening of schools to…
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Nigeria: UNILAG – Again, ASUU, Babalakin Set to Clash Over Governing Council Meeting
The crisis rocking the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, has taken another dimension as the institution’s branch of the Academic…
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Reps to FG: Exempting Nigerian students from WASSCE will create confusion in education sector
The house of representatives committee on basic education and services says the federal government’s decision to exempt Nigerian students from…
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